The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-29
PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE.
Frtghtful Wreck on the Philadelphia
Wilmington and Baltimore Railway.

HAvRE De GRACE, Nd, June 21.-This
village was the scene of a terrible
disaster about O'Clock this after
noon, and the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Railway track for several
hundred yards presents horrible picture.
The express train due here at 5 5S D. m.
had left the station and run but few
yards when il was met by the north-bound
congressional express from Washington,
running at a high rate of speed, and
frlghtful week ensued. The fast express
struck the baggage car of the south bound
train Just as it crossed the switch below tue
depot and crashed into the parlor car behind
overturniDg and completely demOlishIng
two Of them. No one on the north-bound
train was hurt, but the south-bound train
OF six cars was very full OF passengers and
nearly all of them were more or less in
iured, and Alexander Gantrom, OF Wash
ingtOn, D. c., was instantly killed.
Among the wounded were T. a. Blanc,
of Washington, d. c., head scalded A.
Brice. New York, head and arms cut;
3. n. Baker, Baltimore, left leg
broken; Rev. J. p. Pinkham, Min
nea. OHS, Mimi, shoulder blade broken
and arm fractured; j. NJ. WhOrtOn, BAlh-
more. skull fractured; ]. b. Mccormick,
Camden, n. j., seriously hurt about the
head; Rev. Hobart Smith, Baltimore, leg
and hand badly cut. There were many
Others whose names could not be ascer-
tanned, who left as soon as possible.
The engineer of the north-bound train
stuck 20 his post, but the fireman Jumped
of before the collision and was slightly in
j1red internally. Many of the people in
the overturned cars were gotten out
with great difficulty. Physicians were
at once summoned and rendered all
possl bie assistance. The more seriously
wounded were taken to the hotels and the
remainder o. the passengers of both trains
were taken back to Baltimore as soon as
train could be made up. The body Of
Gantrom was turned over to the Coroner,
who VIII hold an inquest tomorrow.
WreCking trains from Wilmington arrived
shortly after the accident, and a large
force OF men set to work to clear the tracks.
The accident was due to the fact that the
congressional express was behind time
and passed the signal tower at high rate
OF speed. The signals were all right, bus
Engineer Sargent says his ali brakes refused
10 work He reversed the engine, but too
late TO prevent the collision. The accident
occurred about 100 yards from the bridge
where the single track crossing the bridge
switches off into the bridge, forming ''Y.'
At II o'clock tonight the tracks were
partially clear, and trains were running
through on time.
Stephen Elkins and S. Spencer, vice
president OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, were passengers on the north-bound
train, but were unhurt. They have ar
rived here.
A number OF veterans from Richmond
were or the south-bound train
which collided with the congress
sional express at Havre de Grace.
Some Of them are said TO have been iu-
jured, but nothing authentic could be
learned about them, as they were hurried
off to the south, and railroad people in
sist that they knew nothing except that an
accident had occurred. Justice Bradley,
of the United States Supreme Court, was
on the train, but was unhurt.